Door-hanger.



PATENTED NOV. l, 1904.

G. LANE. -DOOR HANGER.

APPLIQATION FILED JAN. 12. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT DOOR-HANGER.

SPECEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,757, dated November 1, 1904. Application filed January l2, 1904. Serial No. 188,794. (No model.)

To (all whom, t muy concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE LANE, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Poughkeepsie, county of Dutchess, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following' is a specilication.

My invention relates to door-hangers of the type now known as hinged hangers.

My invention consists in various details of construction, which will be speciiically set.V

forth in the specification and claims.

The objects of my invention are to provide means whereby the weight of the door or other body carried by the hanger shall be supported in the plane occupied by the vertical axis of the wheel of the hang'er and the rail upon which it is mounted; further, the bearings or' the pin which support the suspending strap for the door or weight shall be located in parallel planes and at a distance apart greater than the width of the ,supportingwheel; further, whereby the horizontal plane occupied by the axis or' thesupporting-pin shall be located so far below the trackway that the door or body supported by the pin may be swung transversely into approximately a hori- Zontal plane without any portion of the suspending-strap imping'ing upon the trackway and without materially tilting or otherwise changing the relation of the wheel to the trackway; further, whereby the hanger may be adjusted vertically relative to the wheel; further, to provide a hanger which shall be light, strong, and cheaply made.

The accompanying drawings will serve to illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of the hang'er as a whole mounted upon a trackway. Fig. 2 is a side view or' the wheel and oney of the side plates with the housing and suspending-strap in vertical section, also illus-A trating' in section a trackway and a supporting-bracket attached to the wall of a building'. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section through the hub or' the wheel, the housing, and the parts, by reason of which the adjustment of the bearing' for the wheel within the housing' is effected. Fig'. 4 is a similar view showing the arrangement of parts when the bearing for the wheel is fixed in the housing. Fig. 5 is a perspective detached view of one of the side plates. Fig'. 6 is a vertical section through the suspending-strap and supporting-pin and is intended to illustrate the shape given to the top of the strap. Figs. l7 and 8 are vertical sections through the side plates with the supporting-pin in elevation and is intended to show the method of mounting the pin in the side plates in Fig. 7 without and in Fig. 8 with a supplemental bushing. Figs. 9 and 10 are perspective views showing modiiications of the suspending-strap.

ln the drawings, 5 indicates a trackway secured in any suitable manner, as by means of the supporting-brackets 6, to the side of a building' 7 or other location. Mounted upon the trackway is a wheel 8, pivoted to the hood or housing' 9. rlhis hood or housing is pret'- erably formed of sheet metal bent upon itself and in width greater than the Width of the wheel. In the front and back plates are formed openings 10 11. The bearing' for the wheel may be given a fixed position in the housing 9, in which case the opening' 10 is made circular, and located Within the housing', with its opening in line with the opening 10, is a cylindrical bushing 12, which may be secured in position by means of a bolt having a diameter which will correspond with that of the opening 10 in the housing and the opening through the interior of the bushing. The hub 14: of the wheel, which is narrower than the bushing, is mounted to rotate upon the bushing. This arrangement of parts is shown in Fig. 4, or the bearing for the wheel may be arranged to kbe adjustable inthe housing 9, in which case the opening 10 will be formed as an elongated slot, and located within the housing isa bushing 12 and in the bushing a bolt 15. By adjusting the bolt vertically in the slot and screwing down .the nut thereon the sides of the housings are brought in contact with the ends of the bushing 12a and the bushing thus held in any desired position. The hub 14 of the wheel, as in the former case, will rotate upon the bushing.

Located at each side of the housing 9 and beyond the periphery of the wheel 8 are the side plates 16, shaped as shown in Fig. 5wfz. e., to form an attaching portion 17, an outwardly-eurved portion 1S, a hook portion 19, and a bearing portion 20. Projecting outwardly from the attaching portion 17 are the tenons 21, which are adapted to be passed into the mortise or slots 11 on the Jfront and rear plates of the housing 9 and to be riveted to secure the plates in position. Any other suitable means may be employed for securing the housing and side plates together. rIhe curved portion 18, it will be observed, is shaped to lie in front of the trackway and the hook portion to lie behind the trackway 5. The bearing portion 2O has an opening 21, through which is passed the supporting-pin 22. The pin 2Q may have its bearings formed in the side plate, as shown in Fig. 7, or supplemental bushings 23 may be located in the holes 21, and thereby form extended bearing-surfaces for the pin 22. rI`he object of locating the side plates as described and giving them the shape shown is for the purpose of supporting the weightas, for instance, a door or other bodyAitrom two points at adistance from the axis ot rotation ol and in the vertical axis of the wheel 8, as also the traclway 5. By so doing the wheel will run true upon the surface of the tracliway and there will be no grinding action upon the traeliway by the sides of the slot in the wheel.

Carried by the supporting-pin 22 is the suspending-strap 24C. Three forms of suspending-strap are shown in Figs. 6, 9, and 10. In the form shown in Fig. 6 a strip of metal is bent to form the parallel sides 25 and the top portion 26. The top portion 26 is preferably shaped as shownnthat is, the diameter at the top is slightly less than the diameter of the suspending-pin 22, the object oli' which arrangement is to provide that when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1 the sides of top portion 26 will grip the pin 22, thereby preventing relative motion between the top portion and the pin, which will serve to prevent wearing upon such portion and pin and carry the bearings for the pin to the side plates 16. In Fig. 9 the susjiending-strap is shown as U-shaped at the bottom, with the upper ends turned at right angles and provided at the upper ends with the pivotal studs 27. In Fig. l() the suspending-strap consists of a plate of metal bent at right angles and having the pivotal studs 27. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 6 the body to be suspended is secured between the side plates, or, in other words, the side plates are on opposite sides of the body-as, for instance, the door-whereas in Figs. 9 and 10 the lower portion of the suspending-strap overlies the front and top of the body to be suspended. The relation ot the straps shown in Figs. 9 and 10 to the supporting portion of the hanger will be the same as that shown in Fig. 1 for the strap shown in Fig. 6.

To secure the door or other body to be suspended to the suspending-strap, suitable holes 28 are provided, through which screws or bolts may be passed. When it is desired to adjust the hanger relative to the wheel, the bolt 15 is moved up or down in the opening 10, as the case may be.

In the manufacture of my improved doorhanger I prefer to make the housing, side plates, and suspending-strap of plate metal and to stamp out such parts. They may, however, be made of east metal or otherwise formed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A door-hanger comprising a wheel member, a housing member, adjustable bearings for the wheel member located in the housing member, side members, and a suspending member pivotally connected to the side members.

2. In a door-hanger, the combination with a housing and wheel, of means for vertically adjusting' the wheel in the housing.

3. In a door-hanger, the combina tion with a housing and wheel ot' means for vertically adjusting the wheel in the housing, said means consisting of a bushing located in the housing, which bushing forms a bearing for the wheel, and a bolt for adjusting the bushing along the slot in said housing.

4. In adoor-hanger, asup1i ortingside member provided with an upper portion having tenons laterally projecting therefrom, a middle portion curved to be situated in front of the traclway, and a hook portion located behind the traelway.

5. In a door-hanger, asupporting side member provided with an upper portion having tenons laterally projecting therefrom, a middle portion curved to be situated in front of the trackway, and a hook portion located behind the trackway, and a bottom portion having an opening adapted to forni a bearingsupport.

6. In a door-hanger the combination with a housing shaped as shown and having open ings therein, ot' side plates situated in the ends of said housing and provided with tenons adapted to coact with said slots in said housing and to secure said parts together.

7i In a door-hanger, ahousing member having a wheel journaled therein, side members secured to the housing' member by mortise and tenon.

In testimony whereorl I affix my signature in the presence ot' two witnesses.

GEORGE LANE.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. JONES, SILAs LANE.

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